Mop-holder



(No Model.)

L. A. TARRING.

MOP HOLDER.

Patented July 12, 1892.

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LIDA A. TARRING, or BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

MOP-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,657, dated July 12, 1892.

Application filed July 24, 1890. Serial No. 359,735. (No model.)

It relates particularly to a combination im- ,plement embodying a scraper and a holder for a mop-cloth.

- The device has for its object to provide an implement that maybe used in scraping pots, kettles, pans, &c., whether they be angular or curved at their bottoms, secured at one end of a stem, and a triple-wire holder for a cloth,

sponge, or mop to be used in washing or rub bing such vessels.

In the drawing illustrating my invention the figure shows a perspective view of the implement complete.

Similar reference-letters indicate like parts in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, A is the scraper,

formed of a plate of steel, having a right angle a and a curved portion 19. This plate is secured to one end of three pieces of wire which pass through said plate and are clinched upon the latter. The three pieces of wire d e f run straight from said plate A and then are twisted together to form ahandle or stem '6 and terminate in two straight portions Z and Z, and one portion forming a hook g, all three of said portions running or extending normally in diverging lines from the twisted stem or handle. A ring it embraces the three diverging portions g Z Z. The mop or cloth is so placed within the ends g and Z Z as to be inclosed by them, and in order that said mop or cloth may be securely held the ring h is pushed toward the hook g to bring said hook and the straight portions close together upon the said mop or cloth, while the said hook 9 takes hold and securely retains it.

The device forms a very serviceable and handy tool for the kitchen, and as the mop is readily detachable simply by slipping the ring h in reverse direction the hook g willserve as a loop to hang the device up by for ready use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improved article of manufacture, the mop-holder described, which consists of a handle composed of three strands of wire twisted together and spreading at one end to form two straight and one hook-shaped prongs clamped by means of an adjustable ring, said strands of wire branching at their opposite ends, where they are united by a thin plate of metal, as set forth.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LIDA A. TARRING.

Witnesses:

GEORGIA S. RUGGLES, L. T. J. DUFFEE, J r. 

